What you would do is change all the fractions to 20ths so they have a common denominator. For 1/5, you multiply 4x5 to get 20 in the denominator. Whatever you multiply on the bottom, you must do at the top. Do that for all fractions and you would get this:
4/20 + 5/20 + 8/20= 17/20 because denominator stays the same, add the values in the numerator.
ANSWER: 17/20
Answer:
1. Area of rectangular rug is 
2. Area of triangular room is 
Step-by-step explanation:
This problem bothers on the mensuration of flat shapes, rectangle and triangle.
step one
let us start by solving for the area of the rectangular rug
given data
Area A = ?
Length l = 11 ft
Width w= 10 ft
we know that the area of a rectangle is expressed as

substituting our given data we have

step two
let us solve for the area of the triangular room
given data
Area A = ?
base b = 30 ft
height h= 22 ft
we know that the area of a triangle is expressed as

substituting our given data we have

This is really simple. She had 4/6 ft plus 5/6 ft ribbon. This is equal to 1.5 ribbon.
1/2*1/3 = 1/6
1/6 is already in its simplest form.